I was standing, armed and ready, with my hedge clippers in hand, eyeing the weeping redbud tree in my front yard. My mind wandered from the trimming task before me to remember the hike I recently took ...

My weeping redbud is leaning too far in one direction. Should I try to straighten this or not? Yes, it would be a good idea to try to correct the lean so that the tree will be able to grow into its ...

For a couple of weeks, early spring is enlivened by flowering roadside redbud trees. I appreciate the free show, but didn’t feel this one-hit wonder warranted garden space, since much of the year it ...